. you're watching the station that works for you, now, good morning maryland. >> he's been on the run for a week and the story has been developing by the minute. this morning police say the manhunt could be over. we have the latest on the search for an ex-police officer accused of going on a killing spree. >> doctors at shock trauma are trying to save a trainee shot in the head during an exercise. >> it's a storm for the record books. why a soup her storm sandy is making history. all that coming -- super storm sandy is making history books. all that coming up. i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. hope you got outside yesterday it was outstanding. >> all right now lynette told us this was the calm before the storm. so what's in store for us today? >> this morning we are starting out with temperatures that are

cold. make sure to bundle up. but charley we have the rain coming in this afternoon and then we will see snow as we turn things over. so let's in baltimore city. timonium at 28. monkton 29 manchester at 24. and eldersburg at 28 and frederick at 26. and joppa more of the same there. bel air 30 and elkton at 27 degrees. as we check out what's going on on maryland's most powerful radar, not a whole lot. we have the sweeps scanning the skies but going through the day, that's when we will see change in the forecast. we look at planner and we will be chilly partly cloudy and mostly cloudy. the clouds will increase throughout the day. by lunchtime dry, but by 3:00 that's when we have the chance for rain. let's check the abc 2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. i was hoping the warm weatherwould stick around. if you are traveling on 95 in howard county, nothing to get in your way. nice and clear. if you are traveling north up to downtown baltimore or even

south down to dc695 will be free of delays on the west side and as we head over to parkville, here's a live look at hardford road. not too many cars out there. it will take 11 minutes to travel from 95 all the way up to 83. as we head up to hunt valley a live look at harrisburg expressway no problems from shawan to the beltway and it will remain clear as you head into the is they. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. >> thanks. news time 4:32. and the search for a former l.a. police officer wanted for multiple murders may be over. the killing spree appears to be an act of revenge 789 after days, the hunt. -- revenge. after days, the hunt may be over. do they know if he was in the burning home? >> there's been no positive id on the body but police confirmed the to the associated press someone was found inside and if it is christopher dorner it brings a end to a week long manhunt for the most wanted

person in america. there's been talk for a number of days out of california that dorner may have fled the country for mexico and authorities didn't know exactly where he was. the former member of the navy dorner is the believed to have killed -- dorner is believed to have kill 4 people including the daughter of a l.a. police offer her fiancee and two other officers. police will alerted to his possible whereabouts after reports of a stolen truck. he holed himself into a cabin and after a shootout with deputies that killed one and injured another, a stand offfollowed. hours after police tried to get hem to surrender they reported a single gunshot from inside the cabin as it began to burn. >> it's painful for every person associated with the law enforcement family across southern california. they have been working together closely on this search for the last 6 days. >> this has been a involved story for the past week. so many different

jurisdictionss involved and there were conflicting -- jurisdictions involved and there were conflicting reports if the body was in the cabin. the associated press has learned that a body was found in the rubble. dorner's anger with the police department dates back five years when he was fired for filing a false police report accusing his training officer of kicking a mentally ill suspect and he claims firing was the result of racism and he would get even with those who wronged him. >> thanks. today family and friends will say good-bye to the riverside police officer believed to have been murdered by christopher dorner. officer michael crain was killed while on duty. more than 7,000 people are expected to attend the funeral service including the california governor. dorner is charged with his murder. we have breaking news to tell you about an update. more about that police officer trainee who was shot in the head. this happened during a training

exercise. abc2 news linda so is live at shock trauma. do we know how he is doing this morning? worse we are -- >> reporter: we are told he is in grave condition. he he underwend srnlry last night after being shot in the -- surgery last night after being shot in the forehead. still a lot of unanswered questions and because of that the police commissioner suspended all training because of safety reasons. the officer trainee was shot by a baltimore city police instructor during a training exercise in owings mills yesterday afternoon. during a press conference last night, the commissioner would not say why live rounds were being used during the session. the injured officer works for the university of maryland as campus police officer. he is in his 40s and this was his first police job which he only started back in july. the chief surgeon at shock trauma says the officer is in very grave condition. >> for me, it's unacceptable. we will take the time to dig to fiend out to make this better so we -- find out to make this

better so we don't have this happen again. >> reporter: the family is asking the name of the officer not be releasedch the maryland state police is investigating. live at shock trauma, lenda so, abc -- linda so, abc2 news. an update to a news story you heard first here. two students dead and one injured. >> we are learning more about the man who killed both roommates and hurt another before killing himself. day von green -- dayvon green was getting a graduate degree in engineering from the university of maryland. around 1 last night, police say that green started to fire in his basement of the home forcing everyone inside to go out. now according to police, once they were out of the house, green shot both of his roommates before turning the gun on himself. green's family says he had a history of mental illness but those at morgan state who went to school with him never saw it coming. >> he didn't seem like the person that would hurt people. i wasn't aggressive. he didn't have problems with

rage. >> police say the 9 millimeter handgun used in the killing was purchased legally in baltimore county. authorities say they found a bag of weapons which included a loaded semi-automatic hand gum ammunition baseball bat anmachete. the atf is trying to term how the weapons were bought. one student was killed and another is still in the hospital this morning. a student at the university of maryland is shocked after what happened on the campus. last night, about 100 people attended a vigil for the victims. many of those in attendance were friends of stephen rane the 22-year-old killed e was a english major at college park. his mom and stepfather work at the university. police are not releing the name of the other room -- releasing the name of the other roommate who was injured but he is expected to survive. her job is to look after students but instead she

isaccused of preying on one many amanda kay miller is facing charges of child sex abuse. mill here works at north harbor high school -- works at north harford high school had a sexual relationship with a student. she is on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. news time 4:38. we have new video of a fire in northwest baltimore. it broke out in the 2200 block of madison avenue after 7 last night. no word on a cause but the fire caused damage to the home. check abc2news.com for the latest information and the updates and we want to remind you you can follow us on twitter. all tough do is type in abc -- all you have to do is type in abc2 news. super storm sandy reeked havoc up and down the east coast. we are learning it's one for the record books. it's expected to be the costliest -- second costliest

cyclone. sand yea was blamed for -- sandy was blamed for 72 deaths making it the deadliest hurricane in 40 years. we are waiting to hear from the pope for the first time since his announcement. >> that's two days ago but he won't address the resignation but he is going to lead the public in the mass. >> religious leaders want to make it easy to take part in the tradition. how to receive a cross of ashes without going to church. >> reporter: no delays on 95 at route 543 in harford county. i will let you know what it likes -- looks like on 83 and 495 coming up on good morning maryland.

in a few minutes hope benedict xvi will address the word world -- world. >> he will lead the ash wednesday mass. >> the pope was supposed to lead a traditional service at church in rome but the venue

changed after the pope announced he will retire at the end of the month. the new venue will allow more worshipers to bid farewell to the outgoing pope. this is the first time we are hearing from the leader of the vatican since his surprise announcement. it's likely that it will be his last mass in public. ash wednesday is a day where christians mark the beginning of lent. and even if you can't make it to church on this ash wednesday, you can participate in the tradition. a handful of maryland episcopal churches are taking part in ashes to the street. it's called ashes to go and it will take place at train stations coffee shops and downtown baltimore other public spots and neighborhoods you know well. anyone who wants to will be able to receive a mudge cross of ashes which is a christian sign reef pentence. government officials are condemning north korea for conducting a underground nuclear teght test. blast poses -- test. the blast poses a threat to

international peace. all members of the council approved the statement. >> north korea does not and will not benefit from violating international law. >> the security council has promised to take further action as a result of yesterday's test. north korea's test came hours before the president gave his state of the union address. president briefly discusses the situation during the address and the president touched on the economy and immigration but many of the faces in the crowd reflected another big issue, gun violence. ed payne has the story. >> reporter: the. it began as most state of the union the president greeting members of congress. but seated in the hall prominent guest victims of gun violence like gabey giffords and next to mi shoal obama the parents -- michelle obama the parents of hadiya pendleton. >> three weeks ago she was here in washington performing for

her country at my inauguration. and a week later, she was shot and killed in a chicago park after school. >> reporter: the president also talked about the tragic shootings in newtown connecticut in it has been-- >> it has been two months since newtown. i know this is not the first time the country debated how to reduce gun violence. but this time is different. >> reporter: it was after these shootings that the president proposed toughening gun laws. >> the proposals deserve a vote. because in the two months since newtown, more than a thousand birthdays, graduations, anniversaries have been stolen from our lives by a bullet from a gun. >> reporter: president obama made an emotional appeal to congress. >> the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of tucson and blacksburg and the countless

other communities deserve a simple vote. >> reporter: i am ed payne reporting. >> today president obama is heading to asheville north carolina to visit a corporation to discuss the proposal focused on strengthen --ening the economy for the mid -- strengthen the economy for the middle class. marco rubio gave the republican response and criticized the president's proposals saying undermining second amendment rights is not a way to reduce gun violence but he said is not making headlines this morning. instead it was one action in the middle of the remarks rubio took a quick sip of water and in the middle of his speech. he didn't miss a beat and kept his eyes on the camera he's kept right on rolling but this video megan is what's trending right now on youtube. >> people can't stop talking about it. it makes me laugh because how many times have we been busted drinking out of a coffee cup or something. >> i have no idea we are drinking our coffee and wattel

bottles are up here and sometimes you feel a little parched. >> who knows what he said but he was well hydrated. >> time for a check of the forecast. we may be hydrated coming up later. saturated even. >> exactly. we are going to get the rain pushing in here and that will switch over to snow going into the evening tomorrow morning. then it gets out of here. i will detail the situation. you can see satellite and radar. we are under the influence of high pressure. but that is soon going to be out of here and we will be unundated with cloud cover -- inundated with cloud cover. watching the system from the south. i am thinking around 3, we will see wet weather roll into the area and showers and then we will get worse as the night goes on. so this is what the storm track looking the same not much change in the forecast. now we can see break things down a little more. around cecil county and northern counties you can see more snow as the night goes on as we go into early morning. so, possibly maybe 1 to 3. cecil county has a winter

weather advisory that goes into effect this evening. so with that advisory, one to three is possible. now let me remind you as we go through the rest of today temperature wise, we are talking about temperatures above the freezing degree mark. so once that snow starts to fall, it is really not going to stick on the pavement because the ground is just too warm. you will start to see accumulations on the grassy surfaces. but as we finish this up, on thursday morning, it will end up with some snowfall across the area. maybe a light slushy dusting across the area again on the pavement. but other than that, we are looking at abc2's most accurate future trend and i will show you what's going on. we have the snow coming in here. we are looking around 2 and i will say around 3 as we go through time here. and again on the backside of the system we will see some snow across the area. not a whole lot of accumulations with that. but temperature wise today, 45 degrees, clouds thicken and rain will develop. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. we are talking snow when --

hard to believe we are talking snow when it was so warm yesterday. the jfx is nice and clear. everything is up to speed traveling through the fort mchenry and harbor tunnel. heading out to 695 we are dealing with some construction on the west side as we check in and look live here at baltimore national pike. it's not causing any delays. everything is moving along. and if you are in parkville this is what it lunges like at harford road. -- looks like at harford road. nice conditions up to 83. the inner loop is nice and clear making the push to 95. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic now over to you. you know you are encouraged to take folic acid. pregnant women hear it us about it can help prevent birth defects. but now there's another adbenefit, lower the risk of autism. those who take folic acid four weeks before becoming pregnant until 8 weeks after what 39% lower risk of the child

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and welcome back to good morning maryland. you are looking live at the ash wednesday mass currently being delivered by pope benedict xvi. >> this is absolutely very

significant because it could be his las public mass on this ash wednesday and this is a live picture of the 85-year-old pontiff speaking. and we have been told that people from all over the world came to hear this. and right now, we are also told that this is procession as usual right now but one thing they had to do was accommodate the large crowd at the last- minute. the vatican had to make room but a lot of people tourists say they are excited because the pope announced that he will be resigning on february 28th due to the fact he is tired and he he says not feeling well. so he is retiring from his position. this could very likely be his last mass. >> we will look live throughout the course of the morning on good morning maryland. looks like it won't be -- you won't get bills or birthday cards on saturdays in the mail because in the midst of the financial crisis the united states postal service will be discontinuing saturday mail delivery service. they have said they want to do this all along. the postal service plans to

adopt a five day a week mail delivery schedule put in effect in august. before any of that can happen, the senate committee on homeland security and governmental affairs will hold a hearing. that hearing is happening today being dubbed solutions to the crisis facing the u.s. postal service. we will let you know what happens and if they can come up with any other solutions or options besides cutting the saturday mail service. in other news this morning, passengers on a stranded cruise ship are headed home. tugboats are pulling the cruise liner heading towards alabamach the karn cal views liner triumph was on -- carnival cruise liner -- liner he trial up -- liner suffered a fire. there's limited power and sanitation on the boat. many are sleeping outside on mattresses on the decks and chairs and they say food is scarce.

>> cold cuts, bread, lots of -- boxed cereal and water and sodas and they open the bar to give people free beer and wine. there's only really couple lines to take 3 1/2 hours to get food. >> my what you are thinking at least they have the beer and wine but san -- sanitation not good many they promised a full refund and free flights home and credit from another cruise. >> time for a check of the forecast. lynnet in charles joins us now. yesterday -- lynette charles joins us live. yesterday, a beautiful mild day. i thought about hitting a golf ball but i didn't do it. what's happening today? >> the change. >> you come up with anything? >> the changes in the weather is unbelievable. to answer your question we will start out with rain this afternoon and switch over to snow. so you will get it all. no golf ball hitting today. as the kids go to school today,

35 degrees. chilly this morning but it could be a lot colder so. we are above average but bundle up as you head out and about. showers this afternoon and i am talking about rain showers. 45 degrees is well above average so anything that falls this evening then it is going to be slushy and a slushy coating on the roads and switching over to snow through time. the temperatures at 30 degrees. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic. >> reporter: i can't believe we are talking about snow. >> i know. >> reporter: if you are traveling on 95, no delays in howard couldn'ty. clear from 195 to downtown baltimore. in hunt valley, 83 is going to be nice and clear at shawan road. it will remain that way as you get on to the jfx and head into the city. you are looking at a normal 11- ment ride southbound from the belt -- 11-minute ride southbound from the beltway to fayette street. 11 minutes to travel the outer

loop from 95 up to 83. and the west side nice and clear there as well. just 8 minutes on the outer loop from 795 down to 70. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. >> five things to know on this wednesday. you can show your love for wind energy in annapolis. environmental and business leaders will hold a rally from 11 to noon. they will hold a hearing on offshore wind power and the possible bill and they will vote on that in the next few weeks. president obama signed an executive order aimed at fighting cyber threats. official also reveal some of the information today. it will make it easy for private companies in control of the nation's critical infrastructure to share information about sib he attacks with the government. the full democratic controlled senate will likely vote to confirm chuck hagel. yesterday he armed services committee voted to move the nomination forward. banana joe won last night.

he became the first of his breed to take home the title. this breed is known for the monkey face and human like qualities. >> you are not impressed. >> i like a bigger dog. the ioc has recommended dropping wrestling from the summer games for 2020. later this year representatives from 8 sports including wrestling lamake presentations for the -- will make presentations for the sport to be included in the games. the blizzard left so many families in parts of the northeast trapped in the homes for days is still affecting people. >> would the super bowl be rest a contingency plan for next year's game.